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hierarchical richness and a rhythmic mood to complement the music. “Now, the light gives the space a poetic elegance and reveals frozen movements in time. Thanks to the open-mindedness of the people at MAD architects, they treated lighting as a very important design element when they were composing architectural design ideas. Now you can see that the lighting has become one of the most vital and poetic design treatments for the space.” “From my personal point of view, I think it is the best combination of hierarchy and rhythm, and it is the purest lighting that I have ever done.” Since its completion, the Harbin Opera House has gained a lot of plaudits for its stunning lighting design, most notably at the IALD Awards, held in Philadelphia during this year’s Lightfair International trade show, where it won the Radiance Award – the grand prize of the event. Such recognition was warmly received from Wang: “It is a great honour to win this internationally recognised award, and I was thrilled to step on stage to receive it.”
Wang added that while the award win was a great personal honour, he was hopeful that such recognition would have a knockon effect for the Chinese lighting design profession as a whole. He said: “The award is a very important recognition for my more than fifteen years in lighting design. Along with my team, we were some of the very first lighting designers in China’s recent lighting history. Back when we started out, there were very few people or clients who would think of lighting design as an independent design discipline, let alone pay for our work. It took a lot of strength and belief from us to get through. “Fortunately, due to more and more outstanding architects like MAD, and other great projects involved with more international cooperation, we have become more and more confident. I’m hopeful that this award will raise awareness of the IALD in China, and my winning experience will bring more attention to my Chinese peers in the lighting industry, as this will help the lighting industry grow very healthily and rapidly.” www.i-mad.com
PROJECT DETAILS Harbin Opera House, Harbin, China Client: Harbin Songbei Investment and Development Group Architect: MAD Architects Lighting Design: Beijing United Artists Lighting Design
LIGHTING SPECIFIED AD ceiling mounted LD7, LS9 CDN ceiling mounted LB3, LB5 CDN LED floodlight LD8 CDN LED LU3 CDN Track light LB4, LD18, T1, LT2 Geosheen ceiling mounted LD2 Geosheen floor mounted LX4 Geosheen LED Ceiling Mounted LU6, LT4 Geosheen track light LS10 Mingjia fiberLU1a RISE LS6 StrongLED LED floor mounted LU2 StrongLED LED strap LD10, LF2, LS5, LU1 StrongLED Wall mounted LF3 Thorn floor mounted LB1, LD9 Thorn track light LD3, LD4, LS1